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Show TAFT SHOULD WITHDRAW- AFTER the vote of New Jersey the only thing remaining for President Taft is to withdraw from the contest for the Republican nomination, says the Chicago Tribune. Twelve Republican statos have vot- I od directly their selection for this of- I flee. Only one has chosen Taft, and this one by a small majority. Now is not the time to review his I record. Much he has done that de- I serves approval. Important steps that I he has taken never commended I themselves to the Republican voters. The preferential votes show the judg- ment of tho people. I The states which have allowed the I people to speak for themselves are ' scattered across the union. They S thoroughly represent the nation. They speak more truly tho sentiment of the fl non-primary states than do the self- appointed national delegates. 11 The president must realize that H even if an unscrupulous national com- fl mittee could so seat contesting dele- fl gates that these and delegates from II statos that never go Republican and H delegates elected by caucus should WM make up a majority of the convention IH atfd force his nomination, the result IH would be to destroy the party and the IH reputation of Taft. H It is Taft's misfortune that he has H been taken up by the men and inter- H ests who would govern the nation for IH its ill and their good. It has been his H undoing that he has listened too ifl much to their plausibilities. H In justice to himself and his pub- H He record President Taft cannot lis- H ten to these men now. They would EH as readily ruin his place in history IH as they have ruined his presidential H career. IH It Is hard to end a life of public ser- H vice thus. It is hard to feel that lion- H ost intentions have been mlslnterp- H reted and misunderstood. It is a H man's instinct to light his enemies. H It is frequently commendablo to per- H sist in the face of odds. But this H is not a case of enemies, and the odds m aro of his own people. M No matter how concealed, dressed H up, or misrepresented to him, his H nomination now would bo an affront H to the Republican party. In the name H of self-respect, of party loyalty, and H of patriotism, President Taft must H withdraw. H |